As I mentioned on our new page, "Baby Bucket List," I am a list maker. I always strive to be organized, but do fall short most of the time :) Hey, it's a lot of work to stay organized...almost as much work to REorganize, so what's the difference, right? HAHA!
Anyway, after creating a list of things to do before Brynlee is born, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I want those things done, NOW!!! That's where I believe lists really help, whereas Cory criticizes that in the time it took me to create that page and write the list, I could have gotten something done. Whatever!
My point is, I created the list on Friday and on Saturday, I talked Cory into (forced him into, actually) getting our upstairs closets under control. Don't get me wrong, they were still completely functional and pretty well organized, but there were A LOT of clothes, shoes, purses we (I) don't wear anymore and needed to get rid of. We'd gradually been taking some things from our closet and dresser and bagging them up for "garage sale." This wasn't going fast enough to suit me, so we got that DONE today!! No more extra stuff in our closet, and we gained a little floor space, some extra hangers and an ENTIRE shelf!! Also, our dresser has one whole drawer completely EMPTY! YAY!!
We also went through the closet in Cade's room. The way it's built, we can't use it for clothes so his clothes are actually in what will be Brynlee's room. This is another project on our list! Anyway, we weeded out some of the things in the storage closet (old bedding, random stuffed animals and baby toys that we won't use for Brynlee, Cade's old humidifier, etc.) Mostly, the only stuff we have in there now is extra blankets and sheets, gift bags, tissue paper and wrapping paper and some memorabilia things. Hopefully we'll get his closet ready for his clothes after we're done with the stairs!
So, all in all, we've "gotten rid of" a lot of junk and freed up some space! (And when I say, "gotten rid of," I mean, it's moved from our closets to garbage bags that now sit in our living room, waiting to be moved to the basement, where they will wait to be sold at a garage sale! hahaha) On the surface, all of this may not seem like it relates to having a new baby, but it does feel good to have these certain things under control before she releases all sorts of chaos on our lives!
Anyway, after creating a list of things to do before Brynlee is born, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I want those things done, NOW!!! That's where I believe lists really help, whereas Cory criticizes that in the time it took me to create that page and write the list, I could have gotten something done. Whatever!
My point is, I created the list on Friday and on Saturday, I talked Cory into (forced him into, actually) getting our upstairs closets under control. Don't get me wrong, they were still completely functional and pretty well organized, but there were A LOT of clothes, shoes, purses we (I) don't wear anymore and needed to get rid of. We'd gradually been taking some things from our closet and dresser and bagging them up for "garage sale." This wasn't going fast enough to suit me, so we got that DONE today!! No more extra stuff in our closet, and we gained a little floor space, some extra hangers and an ENTIRE shelf!! Also, our dresser has one whole drawer completely EMPTY! YAY!!
We also went through the closet in Cade's room. The way it's built, we can't use it for clothes so his clothes are actually in what will be Brynlee's room. This is another project on our list! Anyway, we weeded out some of the things in the storage closet (old bedding, random stuffed animals and baby toys that we won't use for Brynlee, Cade's old humidifier, etc.) Mostly, the only stuff we have in there now is extra blankets and sheets, gift bags, tissue paper and wrapping paper and some memorabilia things. Hopefully we'll get his closet ready for his clothes after we're done with the stairs!
So, all in all, we've "gotten rid of" a lot of junk and freed up some space! (And when I say, "gotten rid of," I mean, it's moved from our closets to garbage bags that now sit in our living room, waiting to be moved to the basement, where they will wait to be sold at a garage sale! hahaha) On the surface, all of this may not seem like it relates to having a new baby, but it does feel good to have these certain things under control before she releases all sorts of chaos on our lives!
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